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Rhône River in w Europe. It rises in the Rhône Glacier in s Switzerland, runs through the Bernese Oberland, flows w to Lake Geneva, and then crosses the French border. It continues s through Lyon and Avignon to Arles, where it branches into the Grand Rhône and the Petit Rhône, which both enter the Mediterranean w of Marseilles. Length: 813km (505mi).

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